4 Maccabees

Hellenistic Jewish philosophical discourse composed in Koine Greek about the supremacy of pious reason over passion
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4 Maccabees
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4 Maccabees

Summary

4 Maccabees is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (145 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • 4 Maccabees's instance of is recorded as literary work[3].
  • 4 Maccabees's instance of is recorded as pseudepigraph[4].
  • 4 Maccabees's genre is homily[5].
  • 4 Maccabees followed 3 Maccabees[6].
  • 4 Maccabees is part of Jewish apocryphon[7].
  • 4 Maccabees is part of Books of the Maccabees[8].
  • 4 Maccabees's language of work or name is recorded as Jewish Koine Greek[9].
  • 1 marks the founding of 4 Maccabees[10].
  • 4 Maccabees's title is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': '4. Buch der Makkabäer'}[11].
  • 4 Maccabees's title is recorded as {'lang': 'grc', 'text': 'Δʹ Μακκαβαῖων'}[12].
  • 4 Maccabees's title is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'Machabaeorum IV'}[13].
  • 4 Maccabees's title is recorded as {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'מכב״י'}[14].
  • 4 Maccabees's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': '4 Maccabees'}[15].
  • 4 Maccabees's entry in abbreviations table is recorded as 4 Maccabees[16].

Body

Publication

4 Maccabees's language of work or name is recorded as Jewish Koine Greek[9]. Its genre is homily[5]. Part of include Jewish apocryphon[7], a literary genre[17] and Books of the Maccabees[8], a group of literary works[18].

Adaptations and Inspiration

4 Maccabees followed 3 Maccabees[6].

Why It Matters

4 Maccabees ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (145 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Q116199356. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . perseus.tufts.edu. perseus.tufts.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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